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"Unlocking my Lenovo laptop" by Dr Matthew Chapman
"Unlocking my Lenovo laptop" by Dr Matthew Chapman
http://www.zmatt.net/unlocking-my-lenovo-laptop-part-1/
An on-going process to hack the BIOS/firmware to remove the genuine battery check on newer ThinkPads. (via Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11041210)
Cheers.
An on-going process to hack the BIOS/firmware to remove the genuine battery check on newer ThinkPads. (via Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11041210)
Cheers.
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RealBlackStuff
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Re: "Unlocking my Lenovo laptop" by Dr Matthew Chapman
Fascinating, to say the least.
In my working days I could program in Assembler with the best, but this goes well beyond me...
Looking forward to the next chapter!
In my working days I could program in Assembler with the best, but this goes well beyond me...
Looking forward to the next chapter!
Re: "Unlocking my Lenovo laptop" by Dr Matthew Chapman
The EC is probably responsible also for the keyboard layout, so if this is done, it should open the road to using the classic keyboard with the .30 series.
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Re: "Unlocking my Lenovo laptop" by Dr Matthew Chapman
Pretty impressive. What a royal PITA Lenovo has become.
T23, T42, T43p, T60, X201, and T420 all running OpenBSD
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Re: "Unlocking my Lenovo laptop" by Dr Matthew Chapman
Yep I'm following this too, found the link on reddit:) Fascinating read...
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X320/i7-2620M/8GB/256gb.ssd/FHD13.3''IPS/debian_testing (ex-main driver)
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X320/i7-2620M/8GB/256gb.ssd/FHD13.3''IPS/debian_testing (ex-main driver)
T30Pentium-M 4 1.8Ghz 512MB RAM - under restoration
X230/i5/8GB/500gb.hdd+256gb.m2ssd/IPS/debian_stable+win7
755CE, 486DX, approx 28MB RAM (Win95 JP)
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